3/9/2017 - The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

LAS VEGAS – March 9, 2017 – Donny Schatz won by a narrow margin Thursday night. beating Brian Brown by a 0.046-margin to win the first night of the FVP Outlaw Showdown at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Schatz used a series a stoppages to rise to the top, but the final red flag that caused a green-white-checkered finish gave Brown his chance to knock-off the champion. Brown was not able to catch Schatz, and soon he found himself in a battle with series regular Jason Johnson. Though Brown lost his spot to Johnson, he quickly reclaimed it to finish second.Johnson rounded-out the podium for the fourth time in five races.